France has assigned a new orange colour classification to the USA, enabling vaccinated Americans to fly to the European country without having to quarantine upon arrival. "Orange" countries have "active circulation of the virus in controlled proportions, without dissemination of worrying variants", the French government states. The UK is also classified as an orange country. "Green" countries have "no active circulation of the virus, no worrying variants identified", and include EU countries, Australia, South Korea, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand and Singapore. “Red” countries have "active circulation of the virus and the presence of worrying variants". Among the red countries are Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Turkey, Uruguay and South Africa. Beginning on 9 June US travellers to France can bypass quarantine requirements if they can provide proof that they are fully vaccinated with a European Medicines Agency-approved vaccine and can present negative results of a Covid-19 test. "United Airlines applauds France following its decision to reopen to US tourists who are vaccinated and show a negative Covid-19 test," the Chicago-based carrier's vice-president of international network and alliances Patrick Quayle states. "United is adding more flights to Paris this summer, resuming flights from Washington DC in July and increasing Chicago flights to daily in August. United flies to more European destinations than any other US carrier, and looks forward to welcoming back customers on more than 30 daily flights to 16 destinations in Europe this summer." Delta Air Lines stated on 4 June that together with its partner Air France, it "will offer nine times more flights between the US and France in July than the next largest carriers". The US State department still lists France as Level 4 travel destination, warning travellers to "not travel to France due to Covid-19", and recommending that they "exercise increased caution in France due to terrorism and civil unrest".

All Nippon Airways Group carried a total of 37,634 international passengers in April, an increase of 8% year on year.
Capacity, as measured in available seat-kilometres, was up 78%, while revenue passenger-kilometres increased 10% on the international routes, the Japanese group states. Passenger load factor fell by more than 10 percentage points to 17%, while international cargo volume rose by 143% year on year. On Japan's domestic routes, the group carried more than 1.06 million passengers during April, an increase of 293% year on year. Domestic capacity was up 39%, while revenue passenger-kilometres grew by 290%. The domestic passenger load factor came in at 45%, an increase of 29 percentage points from April 2020. Domestic cargo volume rose 37%. ANA Group has a fleet of 247 aircraft as of 31 May.

Embraer has secured European steep-approach certification for its E190-E2, permitting the aircraft to operate at airports that require approach slopes greater than 3°. The certificate was issued by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on 11 May, the Brazilian airframer says in a 3 June press release. With this, airlines can now fly to London City airport which has a 5.5° steep approach requirement, the manufacturer notes. The E190-E2 aircraft’s steep approach capability is enabled through a special software upgrade and installation of a steep approach switch on the cockpit control panel. The E190-E2’s noise footprint is said to be 63% lower than first-generation E190s operating at London City. Moreover, the aircraft can fly just over 2,200nm (4,074km), nearly double the distance of the E190 and with 17.3% fewer CO2 emissions. This additional range brings more business and vacation markets within the E190-E2’s capability, making possible to reach Moscow, Istanbul, Lisbon and Casablanca from London City, Embraer says.